[support] support Digest, Vol 105, Issue 2

[Broyhill, Gary]

Thanks Chad.


>Message: 6
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:56:24 -0500
>From: Chad Fennell <fenne035 at umn.edu>
>Subject: Re: [support] 2nd AD Server "rollover" not working with LDAP
>        Integration Module
>To: support at drupal.org
>
>On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Broyhill, Gary <Gary.Broyhill at lr.edu>
>wrote:
>> I have been using LDAP Authentication Module (Drupal 6.x) successfully
>> with our network's AD server for a couple of years, no problem. (note: I
>> use an LDAP account with stripped down permissions for non-anonymous
>> search).
>>
>> So ... our sysadmin people just added a second AD server to our network
>> for redundancy. They wanted me to test to see if Drupal's LDAP would
>>work
>> with both servers. I added the server in the LDAP Module configuration.
>>It
>> passed the authentication Test for non-anonymous search using my LDAP
>> account mentioned above. ?I can disable either of the servers from the
>> Module settings, and authentication still takes place.
>>
>> However, if either of the AD servers goes offline, Drupal's LDAP does
>>not
>> find the second server. The only way I can make it work is to go in to
>>the
>> LDAP settings and deactivate the server that went offline. According to
>> documentation on http://drupal.org/node/118123, "the LDAP Servers will
>>be
>> consulted in the order they are listed. They are listed in the order
>>they
>> are created. Future releases will include an option to re-order them for
>> authentication." This rollover doesn't seem to be happening, and I'm not
>> sure where to go from here. Searched the issue queue but did not find
>>this
>> one.
>
>At this point, if it's not behaving as advertised/expected, post a bug
>report with an explanation of your issue to the LDAP module. Even if
>it's not a bug, somebody may at least be able to help you out with
>your particular problem.
>
>>
>> Any enlightenment is welcome.